Hello all! I'm so sorry for the radio silence over the past month. I have been working hard to try and get all the designs in order for the survey, from plushies to pins to stickers, but I've taken on a lot more work than I can get done as one person in a reasonable amount of time. I wanted the campaign to be as inclusive as possible, so I made goals for a lot more designs than I should have if I wanted to keep my original timeline. I was hoping to have surveys out before the end of May, and as it's June, that's clearly not happened. I apologize for not updating about this sooner! I have been anxious out of my mind about this and it's caused me to shut down socially a bit, which is not an excuse when you are running a campaign like this.
Before I get into the timeline adjustments here are a few new sample photos!!
melon without embroidery!
melon side view!
melon back view!
For Melon I will be making their ears just a tad larger, and the dark green on their front paws to start a little lower, but those are the only changes I will be making!
kelly without embroidery!
kelly side view
kelly back view!
Kelly is missing their collar but other than that I'm super happy with the shape!! I'll have to wait for embroidery before I know if I want to make any changes to the face but I'm loving how the gills and tail turned out!
two sandys!
Sandy is finally finished up with all her spots in the right places!! I can't wait to snuggle her. I will not have any of the plushies to take formal pictures of until after we have finalized all the designs.
Jazz!
Jazz's paws!
Jazz is getting closer, or maybe done? I still feel like xer eye might be a little wonky but I can't tell if I've just been staring at them for too long or if I'm right haha. I'd love to know if you think Jazz is ready to go or if we should move the eye a little still!
One dilemma we have encountered is that my manufacturer let me know that they can't get the line of embroidery all the way around Em, so we will have to adjust their design. I'll make a poll and separate update about that once I've figured out the different directions we could go for that.
Now onto some timeline updates!
I would still like to have surveys out before the end of June, but this is dependent on how long samples take to complete. Because we are moving back surveys, it will be longer before we can start production, so this moves the whole timeline back by about a month, so we're looking at November/January 2025 fulfillment. I will let everyone know when production starts as well as when it ends and products are shipping to my fulfillment partner, as well as when they start shipping them out. If there are any other anticipated changes to the timeline I will let you know! Producing 2000+ plushies and grading and shipping them is quite the laborious and time intensive process.
Thank you SO so much for your continued patience with me!! Your love and support for these characters gives me so much joy and strength. I hope you've been having a lovely time and continue to have a lovely week!!
